Dynamo Daily - June 22, 2010

The Dynamo will
host a third round U.S. Open Cup game on June 29 at Robertson Stadium. Houston will face the winner of tonight’s Miami-Tampa Bay match.

Dynamo
defender Adrian Serioux is back with the team and the Dynamo are nearing
full-strength, as they prepare
for their match against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday.

Dynamo COO
Chris Canetti checks in with the latest edition of Canetti’s
Corner. This week he discusses the success of the Dynamo Charities Cup.

World Cup
fever is taking over the country, and Jerome Solomon points out that Mexico and
Brazil are the two most popular soccer teams in Houston.

Keep up
with Craig Waibel’s thoughts on the World Cup as he guest blogs for the Houston Chronicle. In the latest blog,
Waibel offers his thoughts on Spain,
Portugal
and the officiating in this year’s World Cup.

Be sure to
check out houstondynamo.com/worldcup
for all your latest World Cup news, including blogs and pictures from Dynamo
fans in South Africa.

If both the
United States and England draw tomorrow, and England scores two more goals than the U.S.,
the decision of which team advances to the round of 16 will be determined by a random
drawing.

Even with a
win against France today, South Africa
became the first
host nation to not advance out of the group stage of the World Cup.

To get a
break from soccer, players say that they…play soccer? Video
games give them some relief from the game and keep them entertained as they
watch themselves on the screen.

Soccer fans
might remember the tragic murder of Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar,
following a 1994 World Cup match when he scored for the opposing team. Tonight
ESPN features their latest 30 for 30 documentary,
The Two Escobars.

Last night on
the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert gave
his take on the United States
match against Slovenia.